Potassium Carbonate → 1-(5-Fluoro-2-nitrophenyl)-4-methyl-1H-imidazole

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A mixture of 2,4-difluoro-1-nitrobenzene (50 g, 314 mmol), 4-methyl-1H-imidazole (25.7 g, 314 mmol) and potassium carbonate (100 g, 725 mmol) in dichloromethane (600 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 4 days. The mixture was washed with water then dried over magnesium sulfate. Solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was recrystallized in ethyl acetate to provide product 1A as a yellow solid (35 g, 50% yield). EIMS 221.9 [M+H]+.

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